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Football: Euro 2016 could be played in empty stadiums

The European football championship, which starts in June in France, could be played in empty stadium if there is a terror threat, Martin Kallen, who runs the competition at the UEFA, said Wednesday. Matches could be played at another time or another place "or with no public" to ensure security.

Central European countries say they have "nothing to hide" on rule of law issues - while justice commissioner Vera Jourova said they should agree to the Commission's controversial budget plans on rule of law conditionality.

Giovanni Buttarelli, the European data protection supervisor, says the EU-US data sharing pact known as Privacy Shield will play an increasingly minor role given the general data protection regulation.